383. On the Job with Joelle Tomlinson, Morning News Host

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Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

“I always felt a special thrill with anchoring, but I had zero idea if I was any good at it! But there was potential there.”

Joelle Tomlinson wakes up at 3:02 AM — precisely — every day in pursuit of her dream job as a CTV Calgary morning news host. On this episode, Joelle talks about what it's like anchoring the news, and what her road to the news desk was like. (It involved a stopover as a weather girl!) She busts some common misperceptions about being a face on TV, talks about the pressure to look or dress a certain way, and shares the types of stories she loves covering, the ones that still give her butterflies, and the ones that have had the greatest impact on her. She talks about how she's learned to put her emotions aside when covering difficult stories, and about why, sometimes, it's OK to cry on live TV. Plus, she talks about her morning routine, dealing with criticism from viewers, and all the unseen parts of the job. When Joelle isn't live on televisions across Canada, she's most likely getting sweaty: She's an ultramarathoner and spin instructor who signed up for her next ultra within an hour of us finishing this recording!

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0:00.0	The On The Job Series on the Alley On The Run Show is brought to you by TrackSmith.
0:04.4	Go to TrackSmith.com and use code OnTheJob for free shipping plus 5% of your order will be donated
0:12.1	to the Brave Lake Gabe Foundation. Welcome to the Alley On The Run Show. I'm your host, Alley
0:21.2	Feller, and this is the On The Job Series where we hear from women who have cool,
0:26.3	unique, interesting jobs. And of course, these women are all runners, so in addition to hearing
0:32.3	about what they do all day, we find out how running fits in as well. We kicked off season 5 last
0:37.9	week with Hollywood casting director Ricky Gimelstob and this week we're focusing specifically on
0:43.7	television. My guest today is Joelle Tomlinson. Joelle is a morning news host in Canada and she is
0:51.3	amazing, like all caps, bold, italic, amazing. She is smart and beautiful and so talented and
0:59.6	incredibly busy. Joelle is up at 3.02 a.m. every day to anchor the morning news. She's a spin
1:08.0	instructor and she's an ultra-marathoner. On this episode, Joelle talks about her road to Canadian
1:14.2	morning show fame and she busts some common misperceptions about what goes into being a face on
1:20.3	television. I loved this episode. I love Joelle's energy and her perspective and I'm so excited to
1:26.8	share this conversation with you. So please join me in welcoming Joelle Tomlinson to the On The Job
1:33.2	Series on the Alley on the Run Show.
1:41.1	Joelle, I am so excited about this conversation. Anyone who listens to this show knows that I love
1:46.8	talking all things live TV. So thank you so much for being here and welcome to the Alley on
1:53.2	the Run Show. How are you? I'm good. Thank you so much for having me. I appreciate it. How are you
1:58.0	doing? I'm doing well. Thank you for asking. That's so nice. We start every episode here before we
2:05.2	get into all the good stuff. We start with what I call the warm-up. This is where you get to tell
2:09.6	everyone in your words who you are, where you live, and what it is that you do. Okay, that's pretty
2:17.0	simple. I like starting off with the warm-up. My name is Joelle Tomlinson as you've already
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